Introducing today’s round-up of stories from around the media world, updated by the Mediatel News team, to ensure you’re 100% up-to-date.Tuesday, 4 January 

Apple becomes first company valued at $3tn

Tech giant Apple has grown from $2tn to $3tn valuation in sixteen months.

iPhone purchases make up around half of the company’s sales, with sales of other products like iPads and Mac computers similarly increasing during the pandemic.

The company debuted on the stock market in 1980 with a valuation of $1.8bn.

Craft Media announces new managing partner and chief strategy officer

Craft Media London has promoted Caroline Manning to managing partner and Sam Fowler to chief strategy officer.

Manning (pictured above right) has been working at Craft Media since 2020 and was previously at Bloom UK for eight years.

Fowler (pictured above left) has been with Craft Media since it started in 2019 and prior to that had roles at MediaCom and Goodstuff Communications.

Ozone Project appoints strategic agency sales and client services directors

The digital advertising platform the Ozone Project has made three senior role changes.

Natalie Dawson (pictured below left) will take on the new role of strategic agency sales director while Emma Cranston (pictured below right) will become client services director.

They have both been at The Ozone Project for nearly four years and one year respectively, with Dawson previously working at Rhythm One and Yahoo while Cranston worked at MG OMD.

They will both report to Craig Tuck, chief revenue officer, Jacque Chadwick, agency commercial trading director and Sophie Raptis, client director.

Angela Decube will also join the company this month as senior agency sales partner and previously was agency director at Hearst UK for four years.